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Saturday, February 1, 2014

TARGETjobs career advice roundup

Good afternoon everybody, and welcome to the TARGETjobs
career advice roundup. Here you’ll find all of the latest and greatest advice
articles from our editorial team.

Kicking off with Clifford Chance, their interviews and assessment day are unusual in that their interviewers are instructed to
interview “blind”, without seeing the candidates’ application form. This is a
part of their diversity policy, and it means that your competency-based
assessment will not be based on your application form answers.

The last few years have been tough for the construction
industry, but now that the economy has started to look a little brighter so
have the sector’s graduate job prospects. Now recruiters are looking to hire
left right and centre, and we’ve got all the information for you here.

If you’re interested in construction then you should know
all about Skanska. Do you want to impress them with your CV and cover letter?
Here’s how.

Finally, here’s the lowdown on Skanska’s culture andvalues. Skanska are a company that won the Sunday Times Best Green Companies
Awards in 2011, so knowing about their company values are an essential part of
who they are.

Before we finish, we’d just like to remind anybody who
missed last week’s career advice roundup that TARGETcourses are running five
Postgraduate Study and Funding Fairs over the next couple of months. Are you
near to Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, or Edinburgh? Are you
considering study at postgrad level? Then sign up, it’s completely free.